RESPECT PARTY WINS SPITALFIELDS AND BANGLATOWN BY-ELECTION

An election was held for a vacant council seat in the Tower Hamlets Borough ward of Spitalfields and Banglatown on Thursday, 16 December 2010.The result of the election was as follows:•Abdul Alim, Labour Party - 553 votes 37.21%•Jewel Chowdhury, Independent - 28 votes 1.88%•Magaret Ann Crosbie, The Green Party - 52 votes 3.5%•Fozol Miah, Respect - 666 votes (elected) 44.82%•Ferdy North, Liberal